A Touristic Archaeological Study for A Collection of Funeral and Charitable Islamic Establishments at Bāb Al-Naṣr Cemetery in Cairo

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1 Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Sadat City University, Egypt

2 Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University, Egypt

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This article aims to study five Funeral Islamic Mausoleums and one Charitable Islamic monument (Sabīl). These buildings date back to the 19th and 20th centuries at the cemetery of Bāb al-Naṣr in Cairo published for the first time. These monuments are; the Courtyard of Muḥammed Abu al-ʿIla, the Mausoleum of el-Sitt Amna, the Mausoleum of ḤassanʿAbbās, the Mausoleum of al-Miʿallim Muṣṭafā Ibrāhīm al-Faḥām, the Mausoleum of al-Haǧ Ibrāhīm Ḥussiyn al-Zaiyāt and  the Sabīl al-Haǧ Aḥmad Aḥmad al-Samāḥī. The cemetery of Bāb al-Naṣr is considered one of the important Islamic Archaeological sites in Islamic Cairo that contains a lot of Archaeological Mausoleums. The article studies these six monuments through describing the architectural and decorative elements and calligraphic inscriptions on the facades of these monuments. The researcher could not describe these Monuments from inside because they are inhabited by people who are prevented any one from entering. The article recommends increasing the awareness to the significance of the monuments of Bāb al-Naṣr cemetery and taking the necessary procedures for their registration upon the list of Islamic monuments, and ends with some suggested points of touristic development to the area of Bāb al-Naṣr Cemetery.

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